| Call Number | 10672 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
M 2:10pm-4:00pm 963 EXT Schermerhorn Hall [SCH] |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | Instructor |
| Instructor | John Pemberton |
| Type | COLLOQUIA |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Prerequisites: the instructors permission. This course pursues interconnections linking text and performance in light of magic, ritual, possession, narration, and related articulations of power. Readings are drawn from classic theoretical writings, colonial fiction, and ethnographic accounts. Domains of inquiry include: spirit possession, trance states, séance, ritual performance, and related realms of cinematic projection, musical form, shadow theater, performative objects, and (other) things that move on their own, compellingly. Key theoretical concerns are subjectivity - particularly, the conjuring up and displacement of self in the form of the first-person singular I - and the haunting power of repetition. Retraced throughout the course are the uncanny shadows of a fully possessed subject --within ritual contexts and within everyday life. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Anthropology |
| Enrollment | 17 students (15 max) as of 9:14PM Wednesday, November 20, 2024 |
| Status | Full |
| Subject | Anthropology |
| Number | UN3947 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Interschool |
| Note | Counts towards the Global Core requirement. Permission req |
| Section key | 20241ANTH3947V001 |